NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 278.280(2) provides that the Commission shall
prescribe rules for the performance of any service or the furnishing of any
commodity by any utility. This administrative regulation requires electric
utilities to provide certain information to their consumers pursuant to the
federal standard established by Section 113(b)(3) of the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act of 1978.

Section 1.
General. The purpose of this administrative regulation is to require retail
electric utilities to provide their consumers with information concerning
changes in rate schedules.

Section 2.
Rate Schedule Information. Each electric utility shall transmit to each of its
consumers a clear and concise explanation of any proposed change in the rate
schedule applicable to the consumer.

(1) When an
electric utility proposes a change in a rate schedule, the statement explaining
it shall be transmitted to each consumer to which the change applies within
thirty (30) days after the utility applies for that change or within sixty (60)
days in the case of an electric utility which uses a bimonthly billing system.

(2) The statement
explaining a proposed rate change may be included with the regular bill. (8
Ky.R. 822; eff. 4-7-82.)